A Jesus was a buddha: a buddhist monk in the 16th century....

[liberalitch]

was listening to two students talk about christ.... He said to them..... I don't know who he was..... but I know that he was a buddha.
Where was jesus between the ages of 12 and 28?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Making

tables in Nazareth?

[alfredo]

2. Signed with the William Morris agency

and disappeared from public view.

[liberalitch]

4. God damned good ones too I'll bet.....

[TallahasseeGrannie]

12. Imagine

what you could get for one on ebay?

[liberalitch]

14. beats a grilled cheese that's blue inside any day....

now a fresh, hot grilled cheese..... Not too much of anything beats that

[KellyW]

3. I read a book a few years back that advanced this theory

They contented that Jesus spent his missing years in Tibet. The theory further argues that Jesus didn't die on the cross, he was just in a meditative state that fooled everyone and he escaped to India. The book said they had even found his tome in northern India were he lived to a very old age healing people as a Buddhist saint. I have no idea if any of this is true, but it a nice story. As I am living in the subcontinent for the next year, maybe I will have a chance to check-out the tome. Let me know if you come-up with any details, as all this is from many year-old memories.

[liberalitch]

6. Do you remember the name of the book?

because I have always thought about that...... the meditative state and all.

[KellyW]

11. No, not really

Infact it was just one chapter in a book. It was part of a series, one for each continent, by the same author. "lost places ? Secret history of..?? Hidden history of...??? Forgoten history..maybe something like that. I will do some reaserch and see if I can turn up anything. I know that I photocopied that chapter, but those papers are back home on the other side of the world.

[moobu2]

5. Jesus was doing the same thing anyone else was doing

The editors and writers of the Bible just didn’t include any silly stories about his life during that time.

Or else he was visiting Joseph Smith

[liberalitch]

8. Wow!

I'd rather he WAS with joe smith.... and 40 wives

[Smirking_Chimp]

7. Some of those years in Tibet.

He is in Tibetan Buddhist history, I recall.

[liberalitch]

9. I need to find some of these books....

[Smirking_Chimp]

13. Check this book out.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/091676687X/103-2888590-2871035?v=glance

[elehhhhna]

10. link to book list, reviews, -- I read "Jesus in India" by H. Kerten

and found it enlightening & accessible. Whether he lived in India or not, his teachings seem to be very much influenced by the Buddist teachings and practices at that time. Another interesting fact, which is obvious once pointed out, is the adaptation of Buddist rites & rituals by the Catholic Church. Highy recommended reading, imo.


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1852305509/qid=1127053052/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-6954506-8172767?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

[chaska]

15. Not disagreeing (in some sense), but didn't Jesus live before Buddha?

[sweetheart]

16. a few hundred years after gautama siddhartha

The gnostic gospels, like those from the nag hammadhi text are very
lucid in portraying jesus without the editing of the catholic church
in their middle ages editing role to create a totalitarian government.

[5thGenDemocrat]

17. Buddha lived c.560-480 BC

According to www.thewildrose.net .
John
Who wasn't sure myself (so I looked it up).